Barrel or keg stand



Dec. 15,1925. 1,566,178

I. N. WILLIAMS BARREL OR KEG STAND Filed Oct. 25. 1924 INVENTORWITNESSES ATTO RN EY Patented Dec. 15, 1925.

UNITED STATES ISAAC N. WILLIAMS, 0F FOIJTZ, INDIANA.

BARREL on KEG s'rann.

Application filed October 25, 1924. Serial No. 745,874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC N. WVIL rAMs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Foltz, in the county of J elferson and State of Indiana,have invented new and useful Improvements in Barrel or Keg Stands, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to barrelor keg stands.

The object is to provide a simple and cheaply constructed device forsupporting a barrel or keg in elevated position above the floor tofacilitate drawing off the fluid therefrom while in a horizontalposition, and to enable the barrel or keg to be tilted forwardly todrain the same when the cook or faucet is attached at the lower portionof the front head thereof.

7 Another object is to provide a stand of this character which may berocked rearwardly and applied to the side of an upstanding barrel, therebeing means for engagement with the lower chines of the same to picksaid barrel up, as the latter is tilted, to rest in the stand and thestand is rocked to the position for supporting the barrel in saidhorizontal position, there being other means carried by the stand forengagement with the floor to prevent the barrel and stand from rockingbackwardly again until desired to do so.

A final object is to provide a stand for the stated purpose which iscomposed of a minimum number of strong and durable parts, which may bereadily assembled in the form of a stand, rigidly held together withoutthe use of bolts or other fasteners, and which may as readily becollapsed or knocked down to occupy a small space in storage.

A full and complete understanding of the invention may be obtained froma consideration of the following detailed description, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of thisspecification, it being understood that while the drawing shows apractical form of the invention, the latter is not to be confined tostrict conformity with the showing thereof, but may be changed ormodified, so long as such changes or modifications mark no materialdeparture from the salient features of the invention, as specificallypointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing, in which similar reference characters designatecorresponding parts throughout the several figures Figure 1 is a sideelevation, partly in sec tion,-of the improved stand in positionto beapplied to a barrel or keg;

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the barrel supported in horizontalposition;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the invention, I

Figure 4 is a detail sectional view of the detachable. connectionbetween one of the aockers and one of the barrel supporting ars.

Referring to the drawing, there is shown a barrel orkeg stand comprisinga pair of spaced rockers, formed preferably of metal tubing of a sizeand strength suitable to withstand the strain to which a stand of thischaracter may be subjected, each rocker having a straight, intermediateportion '1 adapted to normally rest upon the floor when assembled, andin position to support a barrel in the desired horizontal position, saidrockers being held rigidly together, by means to be described, with thesaid'straight portions 1 of the same, inparallel relation to each other.

,Each rocker is provided, at one end of said straight portion with anintegral, upstanding front leg 2, extending at right angles to the sameand consequently in vertical position, the said legs being joined to thebase portion of the rockers by a regular band 3 of relatively smallradius. I

At the rear ends, each base portion 1 is provided with an upstanding,rearwardly inclined rear leg 4 which is integrally joined to said baseportion by a bend 5 having a greater radius than the bend 3, for apurpose to be explained.

The open, upper ends of each of the legs 2 and 4 constitute sockets, andsaid legs are adapted to support barrel or keg supporting bars ormembers 6, preferably formed of suitable, strong bar iron, the samebeing curved throughout the major portion of their lengths, to conformto the cross-sectional shape of an average barrel or keg, for thepurpose of receiving and supporting the same and preventing any sidemovement or rolling thereof when thus supported.

The supports 6 each have their terminals turned downwardly at the properangle to enter the aforesaid sockets at the tops of the legs, and thusserve to secure said supports in proper transverse relation to therockers for receiving the barrel or keg 7, and also serve to rigidlymaintain said rockers in parallel relation to each other without dangerof collapsing under the weight of the barrel, the said terminal 8 beingof suiiicient length to provide a substantial bearing in the upper endof the leg.

The transverse barrel-supporting bar or member 6 attached to the upperends of the rear legs at is provided with a double-ended hook 9,preferably formed of a stout piece of strap iron, bent to be readilyattached to or detached from said bar 6, and having a return bend at itsfree end for engagement with the lower chine of a standing barrel toassist in picking up the same, when it is desired to place the barrelupon the stand.

One of the rockers is provided with a metallic washer 10, of a size toslide along either the base portion or the rounded bend 5, to act as achock to rest upon the floor at the intersection of the portions 1 and 5of said rocker, and to prevent the entire stand from rocking rearwardly,under the weight of the barrel 7 as shown in Figure 2 of the drawing.

With the stand assembled as described, it is only necessary to place abarrel or keg thereon, to rock the same rearwardly upon the roundedportions 5 of the rear legs, when the rear support 6 is brought close tothe floor and in abutting relation to the sides of the barrel. The freeend of the hook 9 may be engaged beneath the lower chine of the barrel7, by slightly tilting the latter rearwardly, and then by pulling theupper portion of said barrel forwardly the same may be brought intocontact with the front support 6 and the stand, together with the barrelthereon, may then be rocked .upon the bends 5 until the portions 1 restfiat upon the floor. The washer 10 may be easily moved by the foot ofthe operator to slide along the rounded portion 5 of the rocker, to theposition shown in Figure 1, so that the stand may be applied to thebarrel in the above-described manner, and after the said barrel has beenrocked into horizontal position upon the stand, as illustrated in Figure2, the said washer 10 will gravitate to the position shown in saidfigure, when the same acts as a chock to prevent accidental rearwardrocking of the stand and barrel due to the overhanging portion of thelatter caused by the inclination of the rear legs 4:.

The rear ends of the straight portions 1 of the rockers where restingupon the floor are, by reason of the inclination of the rear legs andthe greater radius of the curved bends 5 thereof, considerably nearer tothe center of the barrel than are the supporting memsame, and bow-edbers at the front end of the barrel, so that the said overhang tends tocause the barrel to tilt rearwardly which is prevented by the washer 10.When it is desired to draw the contents from the cock or faucet 11located at the lower portion of the front head of the barrel, and thesupply is low, the said barrel may be rocked forwardly, by slighteffort, upon the smaller bends 3 of the front legs to permit of suchwithdrawal, the barrel immediately rocking back again to a hori- Zontalposition.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a simple and cheaplymanufactured barrel or keg stand has been provided, which may be easilyand quickly assembled for use, or collapsed for storing the same, andwhich, when set up, may be readily applied in position to pick up abarrel and rocked to place the same thereon, the tiltable featurepermitting the barrel to be easily set back upon end again when empty,and also readily permitting a full or partly filled barrel to be tiltedforward to drain the contents thereof.

hat is claimed is 1. A barrel or keg stand, comprising a pair ofseparate spaced rockers provided with sockets, transverse supportshaving means for detachable connection with the sockets and adapted tohold the rockers together and to support a barrel or keg in elevated,horizontal position and to permit the same to be tilted, said supportsserving as the sole connecting means for the rockers and whendisconnected from the latter permitting the stand to be collapsed.

2. A stand for barrels or kegs comprising a pair of separate spacedrockers formed of tubing having upstanding terminal portionsconstituting front and rear legs, transversely disposed supporting barsdetachably inserted in the upper ends of the front and rear legsrespectively and connecting the downwardly to support a barrel or keg,connecting means for the rockers, and when disconnected from the latterpermitting the stand to be collapsed.

3. A stand for barrels or kegs comprising a pair of spaced rockersformed of tubing, and each provided with intermediate, straight portionsto rest on the floor, the front terminals being bent to stand upperpendicularly thereto to provide vertical front legs, the rearterminals being bent to extend upwardly and to the rear to provideinclined rear legs, transversely disposed supporting bars detachablyconnected to the upper ends of the front and rear legs respectively, thefront legs being joined to the intermediate, straight portions by curvedportions of relatively small radius to permit the barrel or keg to betilted forwardly for draining, the rear legs being joined thereto saidbars serving as the sole a by a curved portion of larger radius toperthe supports is disconnected from said mit the barrel or keg to bemore easily uprocker. ended to the rear. 5. A barrel or keg stand,comprising 4. A barrel or keg comprising spaced, spaced substantiallyparallel separate parallel rockers having upstanding front rockershaving upstanding front and rear and rear legs curved at their lowerportions, legs, transverse supports detachably engagtransverse supportsremovably connected to ing the upper ends of the legs and joining saidlegs to hold the rockers together, said the rockers together, andserving as the sole supports serving as the sole connecting connectingmeans for the rockers and a means for the rockers and when disconhookpivotally mounted on one of the supnected from the latter permitting thestand ports and carried thereby and having a to be collapsed, and achock Washer formed hooked end to engage the chine of a barof a ringloosely slidable on one of the rel. rockers and adapted to engage thefloor to In testimony, that I claim the foregoing prevent the stand fromaccidentally tilting as my own, I have hereto aflixed mysignabackwardly, said Washer being insertible ture and removable fromthe rocker when one of ISAAC N. WILLIAMS.

